CHINA: Top Secret

Premier T. V. Soong was back in Chungking
last week. But what he and Generalissimo Joseph Stalin had talked
about in Moscow was a top secret.

One version of the Soong-Stalin talks came from a French source.
Primarily, the Chinese Premier had sought Russian support for China's
fight against Japan and a Russian pledge not to recognize the Chinese
Communist regime. Stalin indicated that he would give the pledge on
three conditions : 1 ) China must be democratized through a coalition
government worked out between Chungking and Yenan; 2) China must agree
to special Russian rights in Sinkiang, Outer...